We’re no strangers to RumChata here at Simple Cocktails. It’s been my liqueur of choice for Christmas gifts, and here in the Southwest U.S., it’s a very hot seller on a regular basis. Here at Simple Cocktails, I was introduced to the product almost 5 years ago, when I made a Chata Café Cream.

While the RumChata really starts flowing in my house once Fall arrives, I’ve started to think about ways to use this horchata-rum-cream liqueur all year around, and the first time I’ve tried was a huge hit at our home cocktail parties: a fruit-salad-in-a-glass of sorts, a Tiki-friendly drink with a light green hue: the Coolchata.

Coolchata (by Greg Mays)

• In a cocktail shaker, combine:
• 1 ½ oz of RumChata
• ½ oz banana liqueur (crème de banane)
• ½ oz melon liqueur (like Midori)
• 1 oz vodka
• Add ice and shake until very cold
• Strain into a chilled cocktail glass
• Garnish with cherries

Special thanks to our sponsor RumChata.